The Holdovers (2023) movie poster

The Holdovers (2023)

"Discomfort and joy."
ThumbScore
👍 88%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 90%
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Director
Runtime
2h 13m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.6/10 (2,411 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
82

Cast

Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham · 69% avg
Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully · 65% avg
Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb · 65% avg
Carrie Preston as Miss Lydia Crane · 73% avg
Brady Hepner as Teddy Kountze
Ian Dolley as Alex Ollerman
Jim Kaplan as Ye-Joon Park
Michael Provost as Jason Smith

Is The Holdovers good?

Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 90%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#228 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#12 / 186 · 2023
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 7 · Alexander Payne

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 1,592💬 118 comments
"The Holdovers": 20 years after ‘Sideways,’ Paul Giamatti may finally land his first Oscar nomination
Top comment: "He’s been nominated before. Edit: the real headline says best actor."
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⬆ 768💬 81 comments
I think the Holdovers (2023) is my current go to Christmas movies from now on
I remember where I was when I first got to see this movie Thursday evening . knew nothing about it. I knew that Paul Giamatti was in this film and I... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "Modern day classic"
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